This is it! A little buff-colored blossom/seed head about the size of a nickel. Strange how this weed in its quest to survive has combined a step or eliminated a step, or perhaps the bud is the flower?
@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther! I don't know. May require more research or maybe Thom Mitchell @rhoing can help with this question. He has a friend! =)
“Erigeron canadensis” (synonym “Conyza canadensis”).
Here are the photos of this plant species at PhytoImages: http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Conyza_canadensis&rank=binomial
I don't know enough about plant biology to even understand the question about skipping a step, or combining two steps, in its life cycle! Apparently it's quite the resilient plant (at least under favorable conditions!)—
Here are the photos of this plant species at PhytoImages: http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Conyza_canadensis&rank=binomial
I don't know enough about plant biology to even understand the question about skipping a step, or combining two steps, in its life cycle! Apparently it's quite the resilient plant (at least under favorable conditions!)—
Thom, I know this is it. But no flower came out of the buds or the flower is the seed head. I've been watching closely. Did you say you knew an expert?
The buds are the bloom - that's all you get!